I’ll try squeezing the ball and will check the bowl. To me it seems like too much fuel due to the smell of gas and not being able to restart it afterwards. Reacts like it’s flooded. Is it possible too much fuel flowing into the carb?
I have a 2015 9.8hp Tohatsu outboard that I recently dismantled and cleaned the carburetor, and it was running fine for the past two weeks. Now it starts but after the initial start, 20 to 30 secs of normal operation, it starts to struggle and then dies and cannot be restarted. Seems flooded...